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Zakura, pictured aged eight, is facing a race against time to avoid a traditional Bedouin fate in her region of being sold for marriage soon after she starts her periods  (dailymail/IvanVdovin)
November 27th, 2019 - 12:00 GMT

Bedouin Girl Faces a Race Against Time to Avoid Being Sold as Child Bride for 50 Sheep

A young Bedouin girl who wants to become a doctor is facing a race against time to avoid being sold as a child bride for 50 sheep soon after she starts her periods. Zakura, now eight, has the support of her father who wants her to avoid the preordained female fate for 11 or 12 year olds in his traditional and partly nomadic society in Wadi Qelt valley on the ...
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